ProteinAcidsModificationStudied histone modificationsPhosphorylationGroup of lysineTranscriptionEnzymes known as histoneTailsPeptidesTypes of histone modificationsGeneDemethylasesEpigeneticsMethyltransferaseAcetylation of histonesHuman histoneSequenceCore histonesH3K4HDACsNucleosomeHypothesisStructure of chromatinArginineOctamerDemethylationCommon histoneDeacetylase inhibitorsSynthetic peptideGenesSpecific lysineBindHighly conservedPolyclonalMethylation of lysineEukaryotic proteinsAntibodyPeptideDistinctBiochemicalRegulationBindsModifications occurMutationsProteins called
Protein25
- Histone H4 is an important protein in the structure and function of chromatin, where its sequence variants and variable modification states are thought to play a role in the dynamic and long term regulation of genes. (wikipedia.org)
- Histone H4 is a 102 to 135 amino acid protein which shares a structural motif, known as the histone fold, formed from three a-helices connected by two loops. (wikipedia.org)
- Here, we summarize the different types of epigenetic enzymes which target corresponding protein domains, emphasize DNA methylation , histone modifications, and microRNA-mediated cooperation with epigenetic modification, and highlight recent achievements in developing targets for epigenetic inhibitor therapy. (frontiersin.org)
- histone modification and intracellular protein breakdown. (theodora.com)
- To elucidate functional characteristics of these N-terminal residues, we compared the protein interactomes of the full-length and ΔPR isoforms of PRDM3 and its closely related paralog, PRDM16. (rcsb.org)
- Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a recombinant Protein A-PCNA fusion protein, or with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Cys60 of human Survivin. (cellsignal.com)
- Acetylation of ε-amino group of lysine residue on H3 and H4 histone tail can neutralize positive charge on histone protein and reducing its electrostatic interaction with negatively charged DNA, thus weakening the interaction of the nucleosome with the DNA backbone (Figure 1). (turningtooneanother.net)
- The covalent alteration of one or more amino acid residues within a histone protein. (ntu.edu.sg)
- Human High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1), previously known as HMG1 or amphoterin, is a member of the high mobility group box family of non- histone chromosomal proteins. (reliatech.de)
- The knowledge about DNA-binding residues, binding specificity and binding affinity helps to not only understand the recognition mechanism of protein-DNA complex, but also give clues for protein function annotation. (nature.com)
- Bullock and Fersht 8 have shown that mutations of DNA-binding residues, such as those on the tumor repressor protein P53, may predispose individuals to cancer. (nature.com)
- Protein sequence information mainly consists of amino acid residue composition, biochemical features of amino acid residues and evolutionary information in terms of position-specific scoring matrices (PSSM). (nature.com)
- Wang and his coworkers 12 investigated the discriminative power of three sequence features from protein sequence, including the side chain pKa value, the hydrophobicity index and the molecular mass of an amino acid. (nature.com)
- This modification involves the addition of a small protein called ubiquitin to histone proteins. (agefluidman.com)
- Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is a protein that modifies histone and non-histone proteins and is known to influence a wide variety of physiological processes. (biomedcentral.com)
- To test our hypothesis that histone H4R3 and H3R17 methylation regulates ferritin transcription, H4R3 and H3R17 protein arginine (R) methyltransferases 1 and 4 (PRMT1 and PRMT4) were investigated. (embl.de)
- We describe the residue-specific methylation of E2F-1 by the asymmetric dimethylating protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) and symmetric dimethylating PRMT5 and relate the marks to different functional consequences of E2F-1 activity. (embl.de)
- What Is the Amino Acid Composition of a Typical Protein? (cshlpress.com)
- Which Amino Acids Are Commonly Located in the Amino-terminal Region of a Protein? (cshlpress.com)
- The individual unit of chromatin is the nucleosome, which is composed of 146 bp of DNA wrapped 1,75 times around a protein complex called the core histone octamer. (usherbrooke.ca)
- But there is a conundrum: if each tiny histone protein contains the same exact amino acid sequence as the other millions of histones in the nucleus, how could they possibly direct distinct and, sometimes, opposing nuclear processes (i.e. transcriptional activation versus inactivation)? (histonecode.com)
- In fact, myosin is the most highly acetylated protein found to date with 49 acetylated lysine residues 10 . (cytoskeleton.com)
- 2014 ). Different HDACs interact with different sets of proteins and form distinct HDAC protein complexes, which function differently in terms of the histone and lysine sites being modified, the targeted genomic regions, and the associated biological effects (Jeon et al. (biomedcentral.com)
- They bind to structural components (emerin, nesprin), chromatin components (histone), signal transduction molecules (protein kinase C), and several gene regulatory molecules. (medscape.com)
- Within the V region families, certain amino acid residues occurring at particular positions in the L-chain sequence render those chains are more amyloidogenic, with a combination of such residues increasing the chances of a particular L-chain protein being associated with tissue amyloid deposition. (medscape.com)
Acids15
- This evolutionary conservation suggests that the functions of histone proteins involve nearly all of their amino acids so that any change is deleterious to the cell. (wikipedia.org)
- Ten amino acids were affected, six of which were found recurrently. (wikipedia.org)
- Histone methylation occurs on arginine, lysine and histidine amino acids residues. (wikipedia.org)
- Bromodomains are proteins that contain modules of ~110 amino acids that recognize and bind acetylated lysine residues in histones and other proteins. (frontiersin.org)
- Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of two vicilins, seed proteins with a characteristic beta-barrel core, led to the identification of a small number of conserved residues and thence to the discovery of several microbial proteins which share these key amino acids. (embl-heidelberg.de)
- What Proteins Are Rich in Particular Amino Acids? (cshlpress.com)
- Which Proteins Lack Specific Amino Acids? (cshlpress.com)
- Which Amino Acids Are Introduced into Proteins by Post-translational Modifications? (cshlpress.com)
- Biotin is a water-soluble vitamin and serves as a coenzyme for five carboxylases, which catalyze key steps in the metabolism of fatty acids, glucose, and amino acids in humans. (nebraska.edu)
- Amino acids 98-108 in yeast H2A.Z M6 region correspond to the conserved amino acids in Drosophila H2A.Z residues that are essential for its viability. (usherbrooke.ca)
- In this work, after substitution of these amino acids with that of H2A using site-directed mutagenesis, I identified one mutant M6-G98N that expressed loss-of-function of H2A.Z. We concluded that the M6 region, in particular amino acid 98, is an important determinant for the special function of H2A.Z in transcription. (usherbrooke.ca)
- The importance of acetylation has recently been elevated by the utilization of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in pre-clinical research and the treatment of hypertrophic heart disease 6,7 , as well as the discovery of several critical acetylated forms of myosin amino acids that need to be modified in order for the sarcomere to function correctly 8,9 . (cytoskeleton.com)
- Recently, Foster et al 10 reported that in an initial acetylome of porcine heart proteins, 240 proteins were modified on 994 lysine residues with myosin acetylated on many different lysine amino acids. (cytoskeleton.com)
- s10 findings are depicted as yellow lysine amino acids, whereas Samant et al. (cytoskeleton.com)
- The Speedy 28-day polyclonal antibody recognizes Histone H3 K9me2 (E), independently of neighboring modifications S10ph and K14ac marks (H,I). The antibody specificity has been determined with different peptides derived from histone H3 (amino acids 1-20). (eurogentec.com)
Modification16
- Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay was performed to evaluate the histone modification of gene loci that are regulated by lunasin and cytokine. (weeksmd.com)
- The two additional loci, together with two previously reported genome-wide significant loci, 5p15.33 and 9p21.3, were investigated by high-throughput sequencing for chromatin accessibility, histone modification, and promoter capture Hi-C (PCHi-C) profiling. (bvsalud.org)
- Histones and transcription factors are the primary targets of lysine acetylation and methylation, with either modification capable of inducing gene silencing or expression due to differential regulation of cofactors. (enzolifesciences.com)
- Histones are proteins that help package DNA in the nucleus of cells, and their modification plays a crucial role in regulating gene transcription. (agefluidman.com)
- This article will delve into the intricacies of histone modification and its significance in epigenetic regulation. (agefluidman.com)
- Histone modification refers to the addition or removal of chemical groups to histone proteins, which can alter the structure of chromatin and thereby influence gene expression. (agefluidman.com)
- Acetylation is a common histone modification that involves the addition of an acetyl group to the amino acid residues of histone proteins. (agefluidman.com)
- This modification is generally associated with gene activation, as it loosens the interaction between histones and DNA, allowing access to the transcriptional machinery. (agefluidman.com)
- Phosphorylation is another important histone modification that involves the addition of a phosphate group to histone proteins. (agefluidman.com)
- Ubiquitination is a less-studied histone modification but is gaining attention for its role in gene regulation. (agefluidman.com)
- Histone modification antibodies are used to investigate epigenetic modifications to histones such as acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation. (epigentek.com)
- This histone modification is defined as the addition of an acetyl group to lysine residues of histone proteins by enzymes known as histone acetyltransferases (HATs), and is associated with gene activation and expression. (epigentek.com)
- Since the molecular mechanism underlying securin upregulation remains unclear, this study intended to investigate the association of securin upregulation with the Rb-E2F1 circuit and epigenetic histone (H3) modification patterns both globally and in the promoter region of the securin gene. (biomedcentral.com)
- Fig. 2: A map of the histone "tails" showing modification sites. (histonecode.com)
- How can a very simple and very small chemical modification on a comparatively huge histone make such a dramatic difference in specific nuclear functions? (histonecode.com)
- Recent findings indicate that certain evolutionarily conserved domains found within specific regulatory proteins possess the ability to selectively bind a certain histone modification with very high affinity. (histonecode.com)
Studied histone modifications1
- Methylation of this fourth amino acid residue from the N-terminus of histone H3 is one of the most studied histone modifications, and with good reason: it's tightly associated with the promoters of active genes. (epigenie.com)
Phosphorylation3
- Phosphorylation of specific serine or threonine residues on histones can lead to changes in chromatin structure, allowing or preventing the binding of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins. (agefluidman.com)
- In contrast, during mitogenic stimulation, the phosphorylation of H3 can recruit HATs to acetylate H3 resulting in a histone H3 that is both phosphorylated and acetylated ?this is associated with highly transcribed regions. (histonecode.com)
- Phosphorylation of serine residues within Histone H3 is a highly dynamic process that associates with acetylation and methylation to create combinatorial patterns which are read by specific detector proteins (A. Sawicka & C. Seiser (2012) Biochimie 94, 2193-2201). (eurogentec.com)
Group of lysine2
- Lysine acetylation and methylation involves the transfer of acetylCoA, or one or more methyl groups, to the e-amino group of lysine by modifying enzymes and cofactors. (enzolifesciences.com)
- HDACs function by removing acetyl residues from the ε-amino group of lysine residues in the histone N-terminal tail, which restores the positive charge on the histone (Lai et al. (biomedcentral.com)
Transcription20
- Histone methylation has been associated with various cellular functions such as transcription, DNA replication, and DNA damage response including repair, heterochromatin formation, and somatic cell reprogramming. (wikipedia.org)
- The methylation/demethylation of histones, via the amino acid residues lysine and arginine, is an important epigenetic tool to regulate DNA packaging and, therefore, DNA transcription. (chemistryviews.org)
- While this is still an active area of research, it is clear that specific histone methylation states regulate transcription by promoting the binding of positive transcription factors and blocking negative ones. (epigenie.com)
- Set9, a novel histone H3 methyltransferase that facilitates transcription by precluding histone tail modifications required for heterochromatin formation. (epigenie.com)
- HDACs can act as transcription repressors, due to histone deacetylation, and consequently promote chromatin condensation. (turningtooneanother.net)
- What does histone acetylation do to transcription? (turningtooneanother.net)
- Thus, acetylation of histones is known to increase the expression of genes through transcription activation. (turningtooneanother.net)
- By altering the structure of chromatin, histone modifications can either promote or hinder the binding of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins to specific gene loci. (agefluidman.com)
- Histone modifications associated with gene activation, such as acetylation of histones, can create a more relaxed chromatin structure, allowing transcription factors and RNA polymerase to access the DNA and initiate gene transcription. (agefluidman.com)
- Methylation of specific lysine residues, such as H3K4, can also promote gene activation by recruiting proteins that facilitate transcription. (agefluidman.com)
- On the other hand, histone modifications associated with gene repression, such as methylation of lysine 9 or 27, can lead to a more condensed chromatin structure, preventing the binding of transcription factors and RNA polymerase and effectively silencing gene expression. (agefluidman.com)
- Histone methylation and demethylation regulate genes, either by relaxing histone tails to permit transcription factors and other proteins to contact the DNA, or by wrapping histone tails around the DNA, thereby blocking access. (encyclopedia.pub)
- Histone N-terminal tails are susceptible to post-translational modifications (PTMs) and can influence many biological processes, such as transcription, replication, and chromosome maintenance. (epigentek.com)
- Arsenic exposure activated ferritin transcription via the ARE concomitant with increased methylation of histones H4Arg3 (H4R3) and H3Arg17 (H3R17). (embl.de)
- Biotin also regulates gene expression, mediated by biotinylation of lysine residues in histones H2A, H3, and H4, and by various transcription factors. (nebraska.edu)
- It was found that the variant histone H2A.Z regulates gene transcription. (usherbrooke.ca)
- Because of their tight association with DNA, it has long been postulated that the histones directly participate in many different DNA-templated programs including transcription, replication, recombination and DNA repair. (histonecode.com)
- The bromodomain of TAFII250, a component of the transcription initiation machinery of the cell, which specifically binds certain acetylated residues on histones. (histonecode.com)
- For example, the bromodomain, a conserved motif found within certain transcription factors, binds to acetylated lysine residues on histone H3 and/or H4 (Figure 3). (histonecode.com)
- 2022 ). Such positive charge generally facilitates histone-DNA binding, thereby favors chromatin condensation and transcriptional repression (Bannister and Kouzarides 2011 ), but in rare case leads to transcription activation as well (Wang et al. (biomedcentral.com)
Enzymes known as histone2
- For example, the acetylation of key lysine residues of histone H3 and H4 by enzymes known as histone acetyltransferases (HATs) was known to play a pivotal role in transcriptional activation. (histonecode.com)
- Conversely, the removal of the acetyl groups by enzymes known as histone deacetylases (HDACs) was known to be associated with transcriptionally inactive chromatin. (histonecode.com)
Tails3
- Typically, RBBP4 facilitates chromatin association of the NuRD complex by binding to histone H3 tails. (rcsb.org)
- Histone N-terminal tails are central to the processes that form and modulate nucleosome structure and function. (protean.bio)
- The histone tails extend from the compact histone multimer to provide a platform for various post-translational modifications. (histonecode.com)
Peptides2
- Furthermore, high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of PRDM3 and PRDM16 N-terminal peptides in complex with RBBP4 revealed binding to RBBP4 within the conserved histone H3-binding groove. (rcsb.org)
- A polyclonal antibody targeting the dimethyl-Lysine 9 of Histone 3 was tested against various H3 peptides and shown to bind to all peptides containing the dimethyl-Lysine 9, no matter the surrounding residues. (eurogentec.com)
Types of histone modifications1
- 2022 ). Among all types of histone modifications, the reversible N-terminal lysine acetylation, regulated by histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC), is one of the best-characterized machineries (Kurdistani and Grunstein 2003 ). (biomedcentral.com)
Gene22
- Additionally, BRDs contain several catalytic domains that enable them to act as methyltransferases, ATP-dependent re-modellers or histone acetyltransferases and helicases ( 8 ) Bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) proteins are a family of transcriptional mediators that regulate gene expression ( 8 , 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
- Here, we hypothesized that specific histone residue(s) might be involved in facilitating gene expression such that cells mount a response to rapamycin. (researchsquare.com)
- For example, varying degrees of mono-, di-, and tri-methylation or acetylation of histone H3 at lysine residue 9 are known to demark distinct chromatin regions during various states of gene activation (methylation) or repression (acetylation). (enzolifesciences.com)
- It encompasses a wide range of modifications that can influence gene activity, including histone modifications. (agefluidman.com)
- Methylation, on the other hand, can either activate or repress gene expression depending on the specific amino acid residue being modified and the degree of methylation. (agefluidman.com)
- Methylation of lysine residues on histones can lead to gene activation or repression, depending on which lysine residue is modified. (agefluidman.com)
- For example, methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4) is associated with gene activation, while methylation of lysine 9 (H3K9) or lysine 27 (H3K27) is associated with gene repression. (agefluidman.com)
- Ubiquitination can either activate or repress gene expression, depending on the specific histone residue being modified and the type of ubiquitin chain attached. (agefluidman.com)
- Histone deacetylation and histone ubiquitination are also generally associated with gene repression. (agefluidman.com)
- To better understand the interconnectedness of histone modifications and their impact on gene regulation, let's explore some examples of how different modifications can work together. (agefluidman.com)
- The histone code hypothesis proposes that specific combinations of histone modifications can act as a "code" that determines the functional state of a gene. (agefluidman.com)
- Post-translational modifications of histones play a key role in the regulation of gene access in eukaryotes. (protean.bio)
- Similarly, histone acetylation antibodies can be used to study chromatin remodeling and epigenetic gene regulation that occurs as a result of histone acetylation. (epigentek.com)
- Histone lysine methylation is a well-established transcriptional mechanism for regulating gene expression in eukaryotic cells. (epigentek.com)
- Methylation Patterns Methylation of lysine residues can occur at different positions on the histone, and this can have different effects on gene expression. (epigentek.com)
- For example, methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me) is typically associated with active gene expression, while methylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3K27me) is linked to repressed gene expression. (epigentek.com)
- How Are the Histone Gene Families Organized? (cshlpress.com)
- ChIP-qPCR assays were performed to evaluate the recruitment of different histone modifications in the core promoter region of securin gene as well as its upstream and downstream regions. (biomedcentral.com)
- These modifications affect the histones' ability to bind DNA and each other, which in turn affects gene expression. (histonecode.com)
- Histone-modifying enzymes, which regulate eukaryotic chromatin conformation and gene expression, are key epigenetic factors controlling fungal development, virulence, and secondary metabolism. (biomedcentral.com)
- To dissect the epigenetic regulation of GLS pathogenesis, we characterized a histone deacetylase gene Cfhos2 in Colletotrichum fructicola , the causing agent of GLS. (biomedcentral.com)
- Non-histone chromosomal proteins that regulate GENE EXPRESSION through a variety of mechanisms including recognizing acetylated HISTONE LYSINE residues and through transcriptional machinery regulation. (bvsalud.org)
Demethylases4
- The addition or removal of methyl groups is regulated by histone methyltransferases and histone demethylases, respectively. (agefluidman.com)
- Histone Demethylases: Insights into Human" Encyclopedia , https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/45957 (accessed December 03, 2023). (encyclopedia.pub)
- Histone methylation is a three-step process that includes the integral roles of "writers", or histone methyltransferases (HMTs), "readers," or histone methylation-recognizing proteins, and "erasers," or histone demethylases (HDMs). (encyclopedia.pub)
- The methylation patterns on histones are tightly controlled by lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) and demethylases (KDMs) to preserve cell fate and genomic stability. (epigentek.com)
Epigenetics1
- Recent achievements highlight the accelerated development of epigenetics, such as the definition of a human DNA methylome at single-nucleotide resolution, the various discoveries of histone variants and modifications, the study of the CpG island in the genome, and the progress of genome-wide nucleosome positioning maps ( Baldi, 2019 ). (frontiersin.org)
Methyltransferase2
- Studies have shown that H4R3 methylation by PRMT1 (a histone methyltransferase) appears to be essential in vivo for the establishment or maintenance of a wide range of "active" chromatin modifications. (wikipedia.org)
- SET8 (also known as PR-Set7 and SETD8) is a histone methyltransferase that monomethylates histonfe H4-K20. (rupress.org)
Acetylation of histones1
- Acetylation of histones is thought to relax condensed heterochromatin as the negative charge of acetyl groups can repel the DNA phosphate backbone charges, thus reducing the histone binding affinity for DNA. (wikipedia.org)
Human histone2
- Variants in human histone H4 were only recently discovered and are very rare. (wikipedia.org)
- Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser10 of human histone H3, or with a synthetic peptide surrounding amino-terminal residues adjacent to Asp175 of human caspase-3. (cellsignal.com)
Sequence9
- For example, the amino acid sequence of histone H4 from a pea and cow differ at only 2 out of the 102 positions. (wikipedia.org)
- The Osteogenic Growth Peptide (OGP) is a 14-aa peptide produced from alternative translation of histone H4 mRNA, sharing the C-terminal sequence ALKRQGRTLYGFGG of histone H4. (wikipedia.org)
- Eukaryotic organisms can produce small amounts of specialized variant core histones that differ in amino acid sequence from the main ones. (wikipedia.org)
- The histones are divided into fractions, with each fraction having a distinct amino acid composition and sequence. (calbiotech.com)
- Most of the existing computational approaches employed only the sequence context of the target residue for its prediction. (nature.com)
- In the present study, for each target residue, we applied both the spatial context and the sequence context to construct the feature space. (nature.com)
- Yan and his coworkers 11 trained a Naïve Bayes classifier by using only sequence information, such as the identities of the target residue and its sequence neighboring residues. (nature.com)
- By Edman degradation of the deacetylated peptide and by sequencing of the PCR-amplified DNA that encodes the peptide, the complete amino acid sequence was determined to be AEVAPAPAAAAPAKAPKKKAAAKPKKAGPS. (nofima.no)
- Each kinase will phosphorylate its substrates on amino acid patterns sharing sequence similarities, and many publications describe the consensus sequences recognized by particular kinases. (eurogentec.com)
Core histones2
- Histone deacetylase inhibition induces the accumulation of hyperacetylated nucleosome core histones in most regions of chromatin but affects the expression of only a small subset of genes, leading to transcriptional activation of some genes, but repression of an equal or larger number of other genes. (turningtooneanother.net)
- NPM1 continuously shuttles between the nucleus, cytoplasm, nucleolus and chaperoning core histones from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. (thermofisher.com)
H3K43
- Acetylation of all histone residues are activating, and H3K4 is no exception. (epigenie.com)
- Like all lysine residues, H3K4 can be mono, di, or tri methylated, and each have slightly different distributions. (epigenie.com)
- This is the initial discovery of a histone demethylase responsible for eliminating mono- and dimethyl modifications from histones 3 lysine 4 (H3K4), histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9), and histone 4 lysine 20 (H4K20). (biomedcentral.com)
HDACs1
- Histone acetylation is typically carried out by enzymes called histone acetyltransferases (HATs), while the removal of acetyl groups is facilitated by histone deacetylases (HDACs). (agefluidman.com)
Nucleosome1
- DNA (~146 bp) along with the histones (two each of histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) form the fundamental repeating subunit of chromatin, known as the nucleosome (Figure 1). (histonecode.com)
Hypothesis3
- This hypothesis was validated by the discovery of the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity of several transcriptional activator complexes. (wikipedia.org)
- The histone code hypothesis predicts that the post-translational modifications of histones, alone or in combination, function to direct specific and distinct DNA-templated programs. (histonecode.com)
- According to the 'histone code' hypothesis, combinatorial modifications dictate a biological readout. (eurogentec.com)
Structure of chromatin1
- Histone H4 is one of the five main histone proteins involved in the structure of chromatin in eukaryotic cells. (wikipedia.org)
Arginine1
- Histones are also classified by relatively high levels of lysine and arginine. (calbiotech.com)
Octamer3
- These modifications may alter expression of genes located on DNA associated with its parent histone octamer. (wikipedia.org)
- This tetramer further combines with two H2a-H2b dimers to form the compact Histone octamer core. (wikipedia.org)
- The octamer is formed of two copies each of the histone proteins H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. (usherbrooke.ca)
Demethylation2
- Overall, the study's results suggest that lysine K241 regulates coupling of 2-oxoglutarate turnover and histone demethylation. (chemistryviews.org)
- Lysine-241 has a role in coupling 2OG turnover with substrate oxidation during KDM4-catalysed histone demethylation , Rebecca L Hancock, Martine I Abboud, Tristan J Smart, Emily Flashman, Akane Kawamura, Christopher J Schofield, Richard Hopkinson, ChemBioChem 2018 . (chemistryviews.org)
Common histone1
- This is a key paper defining the localization of all common histone methylations in the human genome. (epigenie.com)
Deacetylase inhibitors1
- How do histone deacetylase inhibitors work? (turningtooneanother.net)
Synthetic peptide2
- Synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 23-38 and 226-240 of human NPM. (thermofisher.com)
- The PA1-029 immunogen is a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acid residues 23-38 and 226-240 from human NPM. (thermofisher.com)
Genes1
- Arsenic exposure of human HaCaT keratinocytes induced nuclear accumulation of PRMT1 and PRMT4, histone H4R3 and H3R17 methylation proximal to the ARE, but not to the non-ARE regions of ferritin genes. (embl.de)
Specific lysine1
- KMTs are enzymes that transfer a methyl group to a specific lysine residue on a histone, whereas KDMs facilitate methyl group removal. (epigentek.com)
Bind3
- Histone proteins H3 and H4 bind to form a H3-H4 dimer, two of these H3-H4 dimers combine to form a tetramer. (wikipedia.org)
- Histones are a group of similar, small, highly conserved nuclear proteins that bind to DNA by their many basic residues. (calbiotech.com)
- Indeed, modified residues close to one PTM may prevent the PTM-specific antibody to bind its epitope. (eurogentec.com)
Highly conserved1
- Histone proteins are among the most highly conserved eukaryotic proteins. (wikipedia.org)
Polyclonal1
- The polyclonal anti-H3 K9me2 is able to recognize Histone H3 multi-modified on K9me2 S10ph K14ac. (eurogentec.com)
Methylation of lysine1
- Methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3: intricacy of writing and reading a single epigenetic mark. (epigenie.com)
Eukaryotic proteins1
- Histones are conserved eukaryotic proteins that pack DNA into a compact structure called chromatin. (biomedcentral.com)
Antibody3
- Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin embedded Jurkat cell pellets, untreated (left) or etoposide-treated (right), using Phospho-Histone H3 (Ser10) Antibody, PCNA (PC10) Mouse mAb, Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody and Survivin (71G4B7E) Rabbit mAb. (cellsignal.com)
- Western Blot: Histone H2B, member S Antibody [NB100-56347] - Doxycycline-inducible stable cell lines expressing TDP43 variants. (labome.cn)
- The Histone H2B, member S Antibody has been validated for the following applications: Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry, Immunohistochemistry-Paraffin, Immunoblotting. (labome.cn)
Peptide3
- Translation is initiated at the 85th amino acid of the histone H4 mRNA, resulting in a 19-aa peptide (preOGP). (wikipedia.org)
- This peptide is Histone 3, with amino acid residues 21 to 44. (eurogentec.com)
- A 30-residue N-terminally acetylated peptide derived from the N-terminal part of histone HI was identified as the dominant antimicrobial peptide in skin mucus from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). (nofima.no)
Distinct3
- Adding chemical groups to the DNA backbone and modifying histone proteins impart distinct characteristics on chromatin architecture. (frontiersin.org)
- Distinct forms of histone modifications have been found at 130 different residues on the core and linker histones [ 31 ] . (encyclopedia.pub)
- Increasing evidence indicates that the post-translationally modified histones serve as extremely selective binding platforms for specific regulatory proteins that drive distinct nuclear processes. (histonecode.com)
Biochemical1
- By means of biochemical methods, crucial residues of RemA responsible for DNA interaction could be functionally investigated. (uni-marburg.de)
Regulation4
- Histone methylation plays an important role in the regulation of chromatin structure and function. (eurogentec.com)
- However, the decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate or the histone binding of KDM4A are not affected, which implies that a regulation of the O 2 binding is unlikely. (chemistryviews.org)
- Part 2: Transcriptional regulation of biofilms is mediated by RemA, which interacts with DNA in a histone-like manner Instead of a motile lifestyle, bacteria can also establish a multicellular, sessile lifestyle in the form of biofilms. (uni-marburg.de)
- Histone modifications play a crucial role in epigenetic regulation by influencing the accessibility of DNA to the transcriptional machinery. (agefluidman.com)
Binds1
- We show that RBBP4 binds to the N-terminal amino acid residues of PRDM3 and PRDM16, with a dissociation constant of 3.0 μM, as measured by isothermal titration calorimetry. (rcsb.org)
Modifications occur1
- Since these modifications occur only on specific amino acid residues on specific histones in various eukaryotic organisms, these observations strongly linked the modifications involvement in nuclear processes. (histonecode.com)
Mutations1
- Furthermore, the structural fate of amino acid mutations, which impair the functionality of RemA, could be investigated. (uni-marburg.de)
Proteins called1
- In eukaryotic cells, DNA is compacted through its tight packaging with proteins called histones. (chemistryviews.org)